"Stuffed" wrote in message
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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Adrian wrote:

Personally, I wish people would leave their bloody kids at home when
they
go to the supermarket. It'd make *everybody's* shopping less unpleasant

I Think you will find that is often called child abuse or neglect....

In a single parent family, fair enough. But really, is it so impossible
for
one parent to do the shopping while the other stays at home? Why do two
adults, and three children of various age and annoyance have to be there?

Why shouldn't they? The average family probably spends considerably more on
supermarket shopping than a single person or a childless couple. I'm pretty
sure the supermarkets would rather have them as customers than the lower
spending singles & couples.

And why do the parents look at me in fury if I actually want to get past
their three year old bumbler to get at something I want to buy?

Possibly due to your confrontational attitude?

Did your parents never take you shopping as a child? Bear in mind, that the
"three year old bumbler" could well be the person looking after you in your
dotage and have a little patience (they'll need to exercise it when you're
dribbling and ranting at them in later years after all ;-))

Don't get me wrong, badly behaved children are a pet hate of mine. I've
brought my children up to be tolerant of others, and to demonstrate good
manners - I don't see any reason why others can't do the same thing.
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